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INDIA: Indians visiting Europe can make payments through UPI, including on their mobiles

NEW DELHI : Those visiting Europe will be able to make payments through UPI as the NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has entered into a partnership with European payment services facilitator Worldline.

NIPL is the global arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The partnership between NIPL and Worldline is aimed at expanding acceptance of Indian payment means across Europe, according to a joint release issued on Tuesday. Under the partnership, Worldline’s QR code-based mechanism will allow merchants’ Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems in Europe to accept UPI payments from Indians using their mobile phones.

Later on, the Indian customers will also be able to use their RuPay debit or credit cards to make payments in Europe. This will result in a multitude of customer-related merchant benefits due to an increase in footfall and spending from Indian tourists, NPCI and Worldline said in the release. Currently, Indian customers pay through international card networks when they travel overseas.

In 2021, UPI transactions stood at 38.74 billion and the value was USD 954.58 billion. On the physical cards front, NPCI has issued 714 million indigenously-developed RuPay cards till date.

NIPL said it will target markets such as BENELUX — Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg– and Switzerland. It will expand further with the rollout of Worldline QR in more European countries.

“The rollout of acceptance of UPI-powered apps and RuPay cards across Europe is important to us, as we expect increased mobility of Indians in the continent in the coming years. We believe this partnership will empower Indian consumers to continue using their preferred payment modes as they travel across Europe,” Shukla said.

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